The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-07
The Men. and Their Marks. Seen
in ard about Cre~cO,

Nearly all tie growing and imror.
] tart towns or our state have two
classes OF men,-thosc who invest
their money III building NJ and
improving their town by putting
their surplus earnings into such
buildings and improvements as the
assessor will find, and place upon
the tax lists, and those who IS
wrcckers, robbers, usurers and ex-
tortioners, watch TO find Il man Of u
progressive and cn'crpri-ing spirit
caught In financial storm, that
they may transfer his accumulated
freight and luggage to their pratt
cal craft. The boarded means by
which they accomplish this result,
they manage in some manner TO
hide from the assessor, when other
! means fail, swearing that they have
no moneys or credits liable to as
sessment and taxation.
These wreckcrs are usually fanat-
les on the subject OF temperance or
religion or both denominating the
man who holds that religious
duties consist in doing justice,
loving mercy, and endeavoring to
make our fellow creatures happy
as irreligioHs, and tie man who
abstains from the use Of all intoxi-
cants is whisky man. il he fails
to throw dust in the eyes Of the
public by attributing the calamities
Of the people to 1.-The whisky traffic, :
instead OF where it belongs to the
extortion, and robhcries OF combined
capital, to corporate monopolies; and
to the individual usurers and
wreckers which abound in nearly
every community.
Now We propose to point the
public to what has been done for
Cresco and its vicinity by the men
whom these temperance fanatics
denominate whisky men," We
start on Elm street and point to the
store occupied by J. B. Cawari &
Co., erected by McClasky whisky
man" so-called. Going south is Cen
tennial block occupied on the first
floor by Arnold & Terry, meat mar
ket 5y Martin. and G. F. Miller's
harness shop, the second floor by
the Plain Dealer; W. X. Bankers
law Office, NJ. NJ. Moon. Justice Of
the Peace, John McCook's law office
and John Z. Peck's insurance office.
The block was erected by and is
owned by Combs & Miller, so called
whisky men, The Lext south is
Prices Drug Store, the finest that
adorns Elm Street, built. owned and
occupied Or the first floor by II. G.
Price, so called whisky man.
The second floor occupied as a hall
by the X. OF P, and by various off,
ces.
1 The next store occupied by @. ]
White and by Wentworth & Nichols
was built by Joseph Slice, whisky
man" SO called; the second floor IL
occupied by Dental rooms. Musica
Instrument Dealers, and fine ar
gallery all under management o
Bertrand & Kellogg.
The next store In block was pu
up and is occupied by DIR. j. J
Clemmer, whisky man." so called
and is the most extensive drug EN-
porium OF the northern part Of Iowa
Both floors and the basement chief
', " occupied by his stock in trade.
) The next store in the block WA!
. built by Bradley Chaplin, "whisk.
man. so called, now occupied b.
5 Z. I. BarKer's hardware stock.
The last store in tile block on tn
south was built by Worden StroIhe
whisky man" so called, and is DC
cupied above and below by Thomp
son s. Jchnson's store. except DR.. ]
A. Barrett's Office in front up stairs
!, The first store south Of the ale,
occupied by f. A. Glass, on frs
floor and by Mckay's art CALLER
above, was built by VIM. Clouss
; whisky man. and was the Pionee
store OF Cresco.
Crossing Elm Street TO the Cit
Elevator, owned by Gilchrist s. &C
built by W. II. Valleau Of Decoral
, "whisky man" so called. Goini
!, north we next come to the Strothe
! House, in which is the Union Ban
: OF Cresco, Stremel & Anderson
: hardware store aud the most com
plete and extensive hostelry il thi
portion Of Iowa, erected and occu
4 pied by Worden Strother. "whisk
!. man" so called. The next goo
1 building north is the store Of ". L
!. Alleman, whisky man" so-calle
; rebuilt. How about tother f..
! low:
Passing north TO Lyric Hall, til
most noted building on Elm stree
occupied by a. Zundelowitz, and IA
Tomas Bros, in their respectiy
. lines, was erected by Henry Ciaii
and the Lomas Eros, all tire
whisky men" so-called by fanatic
though ali three are and ever wer
subst. initial men Of worth and TEN
! pcrate habits.
, On Market street was the TreMou
! House, erected by Jas. Di!wortt
e another whisky man." and on th
, corner wet is the Van Slyke House